Words Their Way
Words Their Way is a hands-on, developmentally-driven approach to word study that illustrates how to integrate and teach children phonics, vocabulary, and spelling skills. Below are the folders for the various word sorts.
Emergent Sorts
Letter Name-Alphabetic Sorts
- Alphabetic Sorts (Pictures Only)
- Picture Sort for St-, Sp-, and Sm-
- Word Sort with Preconsonantal Nasals -ing, -amp, and -ink
- Word Sort with Initial and Final SH Digraph
- Word Sort with Initial and Final ST Blend
- Word Sort with Short I, O, and U
- Word Sort with Short A, O, and E
- Word Sort with Short A, I, and O
- Picture Sort with Short E, O, and A
- Picture Sort with Short I, O, and U
- Picture Sort with Short A and I
- Word Sort for -ick, and -ack
- Word Sort -ill, -ell, and -all
- Word Sort for -ap, -ip, and -op
- Word Sort for -ed, -ad, and -ag
- Picture Sort Gr-, Tr-, and Dr-
- Picture Sort for Bl-, Gl-, and Cl-
- Picture Sl-, Sn- and Sw-
- Picture Sort for S-, St-, and T-
- Picture Sort for Ch-, Sh-, and Th-
- Word Family Sort -un, -ug, -ut
- Word Family Sort -et, -en, -eg
- Word Family Sort -ot, -og, and -op
- Word Family Sort -at and -an
- Word Family Sort -at
- Picture Sort H-, Sh-, Ch-
- Picture Sort for N-, G-, W-
- Picture Sort V-,Y-, Z-
- Picture Sort for K-, L-, J-
- Picture Sort for C-, F-, D-
- Picture Sort for P-,T-,M-
- Picture Sort for B-,R-, S-
Within Word Pattern Sorts
- Within Word Pattern Sorts (Pictures Only)
- WWP R-influenced a. ar, air, are
- WWP R-influenced e. er, ear, eer
- WWP R-influenced i. ir, ire (with a Review of r-blends)
- WWP R-influenced o. or,ore, and war
- WWP R-influenced u. ur, ear, wor
- WWP Long a with ey and ei
- WWP The Sounds of ea
- WWP The Diphthongs oi, oy and ou, ow
- WWP More Words with ow and ou
- WWP The Sound Spelled with al, aw, au, and ough
- WWP Three-Letter Blends. thr-, str-, squ-, shr-
- WWP Hard and Soft G and C
- WWP Complex Consonants. ge, dge
- WWP Complex Consonants. ch, tch
- WWP Final Sounds. ce, ze, ve, se
- WWP Silent Initial Letters
- WWP Long-o in oCC (with Some Short o Contrasts)
- WWP Long i with i-e, igh, and iCC
- WWP Short e and Long e with ee and ea
- WWP Short e and Long e with ee
- WWP Picture Sort for Short e and Long e
- WWP Long u with u-e, ui, and ew
- WWP Long u with u-e and ue
- WWP Picture Sort for Short u and Long u
- WWP Long o with o-e, oa, and ow
- WWP Short o and Long o with o-e and oa
- WWP Long o with Pairs
- WWP Picture Sort for Short and Long o
- WWP Short i and Long i with i-e and y
- WWP Short and Long i with i-e
- WWP Long i with Pairs
- WWP Picture Sort for Short and Long i
- WWP Long a with a-e, ai, and ay
- WWP Short and Long a with a-e and ai Patterns
- WWP Short and Long a wih a-e
- WWP Short a and Long a with a-e and ai Patterns
- WWP Long a with Pairs
- WWP Picture Sort for Short a and Long a
Syllable and Affixes Sorts
- Syllables and Affixes Sorts (Pictures Only)
- SA Unaccented Final Syllables -er,-ar,-or
- SA Unaccented Final Syllable -le, -el,-al, -il
- SA Unaccented Final Syllable -en, -on, -in, -ain
- SA Unaccented Final Syllable -et,-it,-ate
- SA Unaccented Final Syllables -y,-ie, -ey
- SA Prefixes re-,un-,dis-
- SA Prefixes mis-,pre-,ex-, fore-
- SA Prefixes Non- and In- (Two Meanings)
- SA Prefixes uni-,bi-, tri-
- SA Suffixes -y, -ly, -ily
- SA Suffixes -er,-ier, -est,-iest
- SA Suffixes -ness, -ful, -less
- SA R-Influenced Vowels in Two Syllables- er, ur, ir, ar
- SA R-Influenced Vowels in Two Syllables- or,ore, ire, ure
- SA R-Influenced Vowels in Two Syllables- air, are, ear, ere
- SA Ambiguous Vowels in Two-Syllables Words- aw, au, al, augh
- SA Diphthongs in Two-syllable Words- ou, oi and ou, ow
- SA Long-u Patterns in Two-syllable Words
- SA Long-o Patterns in Two-syllable Words
- SA Long-i patterns in Two-syllable Words
- SA Long-e Patterns in Two-syllable Words
- SA Long-a Patterns in Two-syllable Words
- SA Syllable Juncture- VCV Open and Closed + VCCV
- SA Syllable Juncture- VCV Open and VCCV Closed
- SA Y to I before -s and -ed
- SA Inflected Endings- Double, Drop, or Nothing
- SA Inflected Endings- E-drop or Not
- SA Inflected Endings- Double or Not
- SA Adding -es
Derivational Relations Sorts
- Derivational Relations Sorts (Pictures Only)
- DR Assimilated prefixes sub- (under, below) and ob- (against, in the way)
- DR Assimilated Prefix com- (with)
- DR Assimilated Prefix in- (not, in)
- DR Advanced Suffixes. -able with Spelling Changes
- DR Advanced Suffixes. -able and -ible
- DR Advanced Suffixes. -ent,-ence and -ant, -ance
- DR Roots. poli (city), arch (chief, ruler), pop, pub (people), prim, princ (first)
- DR Roots. val(worth, strong), dic,dict (speak), fid (trust)
- DR Roots. logy (field of study), cide (kill), vore (eat)
- DR Roots. mir, marv (to wonder), nov (new), spir (breathe)
- DR Roots. sec, sect (cut), junct (join), ven,vent (come)
- DR Roots. tort (twist), clu,clo (close, shut), tain (hold)
- DR Roots. duc,duct (lead), ver,vert (turn), fer (bear, carry)
- DR Roots. man (hand), scrib,script (write), fac (make, do), struct (build, pile up)
- DR Roots. fract (break), flect, flex (bend), mis,mit (send)
- DR Roots. gram (something written), graph (write), meter (measure), milli (thousand)
- DR Roots. cycle (circle, wheel), mob, mot (move), vol, volv (turn,roll), gress (move,go)
- DR Roots. son (sound), aud (hear), vis, vid (see), spect (look at)
- DR Roots. port (carry), form (shape), and ject (throw)
- DR Alternations with Suffix -ity. Spelling-Meaning Patterns
- DR Affixes with Vowel Alternations. Spelling-Meaning Patterns
- DR Suffixes -ation, -cation, -ition
- DR Suffixes -tion and -sion
- DR Suffix -ion
- DR Prefixes semi- (half, partly), multi-(many), en- (make into), circum- (around)
- DR Suffixes -en, -ize, -ify
- DR Suffixes -al, -ial, -ic
- DR Suffixes -ary, -ery, -ory
- DR Suffixes -er,-or, -ian, -ist
- DR Suffixes -ful, -ous, -ious